Heh, that's also interesting for me to hear. I usually also tend to try and constrain everything and make it as parametric as possible. Since this model became more complex than previous ones I took the liberty to be approximate eg. when lining up the glands and the holes. In the end i just want something printable as quickly as possible. I'll probably never change the dimensions again. It's therefore more time efficient to re model things if I ever need to adjust things.
With the new assembly toolbox I might find an easier way to fit things like the glands and the holes together. Maybe by just tying a cutting object and the gland together and using booleans (which I find quite cumbersome to use).
I ran an XMPP network based on prosody and used snikket on android. Can recommend!